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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

j JOSEPH D. CROWELL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STEERING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 12,021, dated December 5, 1854.

To all whom, t may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. CROWELL,

of Boston, in the county of Suolk and State of being revolved in theusual way.

The tiller, C, is extended forward from the rudder head and upward, andis made to support the foremost boX or bearing, D, of the steering wheelshaft, E. The other or rearmost bearing, F, of said shaft is placed andfixed directly on the top of the rudder head. This shaft not onlycarries a steering wheel, G, on its rear end, but a pinion gear II, onits forward or front end as seen in the drawings. Such pinion works inacurved toothed rack, I, which by means of a standard, K, is elevatedabove the deck, and up to or about to the level of the top surface ofthe rudder head and the rear end of the tiller.

When the steering wheel is turned so as to put its shaft in revolution,a movement of the rudder either to the larboard or starboard may beproduced as will be obvious.

The simplicity of the above arrangement of the parts composing the saidsteering apparatus renders it very advantageous in use and not liable toget out of orderA during heavy weather at sea, as any rise or elevationof the rudder will simply lift the pinion, "I-I, above the rack, I,withoutserious liability of endangering either.`

I claim- The manner in which I have combined or arranged the operativeparts of the said steering apparatus, the rudder head and the tiller,the bearings 0f the steering wheel shaft being supported directly on theupper end of the rudder andt-hat of the tiller while j JOS. D. CROWELL.Witnesses:

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F. P. HALE, Jr.

